Fluxbox 1.0 Release Candidate 3 was released on the 20th of March so I downloaded the source files today and compiled it.

Didn`t encounter any problems , building was just an easy :-

./configure
make

and then to install it as root :-

sudo make install

As I had previously been using version 0.9.15.1 from the Ubuntu repositories I had to uninstall that first with :-

apt-get remove fluxbox

After logging out and back in I was presented with a Gnome desktop (!) as this was the ''default'' , after a bit of reading on the Ubuntu Forums I found out that I needed to create a ~/.xsession file with all my X session settings - doh!

After learning a bit more about how it works I was able to set the background and enable the screensaver automatically from now on.

I`ve also enabled the Transparency features for RootMenu and background applications.

So here is my shiny new .xsession file :-

#!/bin/bash
#
# My .xsession file
#
# first set the background
fbsetbg ~/Documents/Backdrop/Pond_Reflections_20070328.jpg
# then enable the screensaver
xscreensaver -no-splash &
# finally , start fluxbox
/usr/local/bin/fluxbox